agriculture – Kit Stolz

“There will be no food in Puerto Rico”

…for a year or more, says an orchard owner who saw every one of his thousands of his trees killed in a matter of hours. From the New York Times, well down the front page, far below the latest Twitter tweetstorm: “Sometimes when there are shortages, the price of plantain goes up from $1 toContinue reading ““There will be no food in Puerto Rico””

What’s a few more degrees? Ask the frogs (denier edition)

At the Los Angeles Times, cartoonist/editorialist David Horsey is alarmed about warming: The climate cnews about 2050 is not good, even for the future of pasta. Though adaptation efforts in agriculture are underway, even in poor countries like Vietnam. As for frogs, a story by Cheri Carlson in the Star focuses on efforts to move eggs fromContinue reading “What’s a few more degrees? Ask the frogs (denier edition)”